CHASING SAPPHIRE🔞

Chapter eleven: Self harm?

Rehan^^

~Vincent~

"...and she literally just froze. I was so shocked. I was like, Is this my best friend? I mean, I know she can be silly sometimes and all, but she looked completely different."

"How did the guy act?"

"Well, honestly, he was eye fucking her, too busy to realise that she was frozen" she snorts and I laugh. Sapphire and I have been talking since she called about and hour ago.

I figured out she had nightmares, so she was afraid to sleep. I just wondered what they were about. I know she's been through a lot and there's a particular experience if not more that broke her. I just wish I knew what it was. But I won't push her. When she's ready-if she's ever ready- she'll tell me. I hope.

"...then they dated. And it ended in the span of three weeks. It was honestly the longest relationship she had ever had. This time around though, the guy broke up with her. It was always the other way round. She hasn't dated since then. Just a few one night stands here and there"

"Wow"

"Yeah" she says and then there's silence. I hear a yawn and I smile.

"Sapphire, you should probably go to bed now"

"I-i, I can't"

"You can't or you won't? You're tired. Go to bed, the dreams won't come tonight" I hear the sound of ruffling and a door shuts.

"I'm tucked in"

"Good girl"

"I don't want to have the nightmares anymore Vincent, the guilt is becoming too much to bear." Guilt?

"Goodnight Sapph" all I hear is her soft snores and those are enough to make me sleepy. But I don't want to end the call yet though.

"Vincent" she calls, wasn't she asleep?

"Yes?"

"Please don't hurt me. I won't be able to take it, again" again?

"I won't. I promise"

"Hm. Bye" she says and hangs up. I frown, my mind running miles. What the hell happened to her?!

I exhale and get back into the covers, darkness enveloping me immediately.

...

"Shit. I'm late!" I groan, flying out of my bed and into the bathroom. I brush and bathe at the same time and run out seconds later, quickly putting on a blue plaid shirt and blue jeans with black sneakers and I'm off.

I practically dash to my class. Damn early morning classes suck. I'm having Geography now.

"You're late"

"Sorry" I say to my teacher nonchalantly and she rolls her eyes and continues teaching. I take a seat at the back, next to someone with her head down and a hoodie. I have a feeling I know who it is.

"Rose?" She starts writing in her notebook, as she follows what our teacher's saying.

"Rose" She writes even faster. Applying so much pressure on the pen. I hold her hand to stop her and she just yelps, snatching her hand, like I just burned her. I feel a bit hurt at that. She glares at me, hard. Not intimidated at all. I stare at her big doe eyes, she's so cute. I didn't even notice she has a nose piercing.

"Mr and Miss Cali? Have anything to say?" The whole class 'oohs' how the fuck did she know my name though??

"Nothing ma" I answer and she frowns.

"Last warning"

"But ma, there has to have been a first before the last. Not fair" I joke and the whole class bursts into laughter. She's fuming.

"Cali! Keep your mouth shut, you dim wit!"

"Ouch ma'am, poor boy's got feelings you know?" I tease and she class laughs again. She exhales, as if telling herself to calm down. And then she just ignores me and turns back to board. I smirk, victory is mine.

Rose sighs and looks down, picking up her pen from the floor. She continues writing and I look at her notepad just as a drop of water splashes on it. She's crying.

"W-what's wrong? Rose, what happened? Is it me? I'm sorry" I say, panicked and she's not answering. She's just shaking and crying more and more.

"Mrs Geography!" I call, but not surprisingly, she doesn't answer me.

"Well, Rose is not to well, I'm taking her to the nurse's office" still doesn't answer me.

"Come on, let's go" people are looking at us now.

"N-no, leave me alone. I'm fine" she whisper snaps and I roll my eyes standing and picking her up, to put her on my shoulder. She's silent as I storm out of class. I feel her sniff me and I tense up. She does too.

"Sorry. It's just, you smell like bananas."

"Yeah?"

"Hmm" she sounds embarrassed now, and I can't help but smile at her cuteness, at least, she's stopped crying. Just as I'm about to drop her down. I see Sapphire, just at the end of the hallway, and she looks...angry? I hope she's not misinterpreting anything. I quickly put Rose down.

"Are you okay?" I ask her and she nods. I turn back and Sapphire's no longer there. Damn it.

"Are you looking for anyone? You can leave you know, I'm fine."

"Uh..." I contemplate going after her. "No. I'm staying." She nods and we sit on the floor, our backs against a pole.

"Rose"

"Hmm?"

"Are you okay? Really. Is anything going on with you?" She looks a bit shocked. Like no one has ever asked her that. But that's not possible, is it?

"I-I'm fine, I swear" She raises her hand to tuck loose strands of her hair back into the hoodie and I see something on her wrist as the sleeve goes down. Scars. I quickly grab her hand and she gasps, trying to pull it firm my grip. I hold it tight and use my other hand to pull up the sleeves.

My eyes go wide. There are scars all around her arm, cuts. About three of them are still fresh. I hear sobs and I look at her.

"R-rose" she snatches her hand from my grip and runs, I chase her, just as the bell goes. Everyone comes rushing out, but I still chase her around. After some time, she disappears and I realise she must have hidden somewhere.

I sigh and turn back, hitting someone. I hear a yelp and a thud. And I look down, helping him up immediately.

"Pretty boy. How are you? Been a while since we hung out"

"Y-yeah" My eyes draft to the crowd and I tap him on his shoulder.

"I have to leave now, okay?"

"Yeah. Bye" He sighs but I'm already running tthrough the crowd, before I can reply.